Assistive Technology Tools for Future Reference

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Deafblind Online - provides free software for people who are deafblind or have learning disabilities. This software can be used to enable them to learn, explore their surroundings and become more independent.

Hands Free Browser - a speech recognition tool for MS Internet Explorer 5.x. HFB allows user to control IE fully by voice. User can go to an address, click a link, type forms and control IE window without using the mouse or the keyboard.

Accessible Podcatcher - a simple way for blind and screen reader users to use podcasts

Symbol World - website created by Widgit Software, dedicated to people who use symbols; stories, life skills, learning; also a monthly magazine for symbol readers.

Sign Language Alphabet Game - Fruit and Vegetable Alphabet - 3 versions of the game- a bilingual sign language only game, a listening/auditory game and a combination game where children can click on the listen button after viewing the sign language video.

W200 Week 14 Workout - Assistive Technologies

For the interactive quiz I created about Egyptian Civilization, there is a variety of ways that learners with special needs could take this quiz. What the quiz entails is a PowerPoint slide show with an interactive quiz in it. Students would need to be able to see the PowerPoint and use the mouse to click on answers. For students who have trouble seeing, they could go to http://www.thrall.org/largeprint/ to see whatever they want in large print. They can make it however large they would like. If this is the case, they will also need to use the keyboard. If they have problems using keyboards, they can use an on-screen keyboard that is available in the search menu of computers. The administration just needs to make sure that they have the application on each school computer. There is also a website for this: http://www.microsoft.com/enable/training/windows2000/fontkeys.aspx. Another way they can see the print bigger is to go to http://www.ancientsoft.com/ezmagnifier.htm. This application magnifies certain parts of the screen for students with vision difficulties. For students who have trouble using or moving a mouse, they can go to the website http://www.daube.ch/share/win02.html and use keyboard keys to move the mouse.

To see a list of more assistive technology go to http://www.internet4classrooms.com/special_needs_assistive.htm. There are many helpful applications to help students with special needs.

Wanda One and Tommy Ten Lesson Plan

This lesson plan is for 3rd grade math. The purpose of it is for students to be able to subtract whole numbers up to 100 with regrouping. The lesson plan tells a story of Wanda One and Tommy Ten. It addresses the computation standard. It uses bags containing numbers to aid in subtracting. Using people's names to help students learn things is effective, because they can get a visual of these people in their heads. The lesson plan uses an overhead to enhance it. There is a handout to be completed as homework after everything is learned.

This lesson plan is pretty standard. It does not use very much technology. Power points can help students learn mathematics. Since 3rd graders can read well, the teach can both explain the directions of how Wanda One and Tommy Ten works, and have it typed out on a power point so the students can refer to it, as opposed to asking the teacher questions all the time in case they cannot remember exactly what they are supposed to do. This would be considered enhancing the lesson through technology.

http://www.indianastandardsresources.org/files/math/math_3_2_1.pdf